Broadcasting Technicians
Job description
These individuals install, assemble, operate, and repair electronic equipment. They work for:
- Radio and television stations
- Broadcast equipment manufacturing companies
- Communication service providers
- Independent television producers
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Ensure the quality of live and recorded broadcasts.
- Produce sound and visual sequences using various equipment.
- Carry out urgent hardware repairs and replace programming in case of signal failure.
- Install, maintain, and repair broadcast equipment and software.
- Adjust and operate the console controls to capture and select emission sources.
- Broadcast programs and commercials on radio or television.
- Supervise other technicians, as required.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to supervisory positions.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2021-2025
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Job prospects for 2021-2025
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2020
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 21.3% Female
- 78.7% Male
- 21.3% Female
- 78.7% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage
All of Québec
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
-
NAICS 5185% of jobs
-
NAICS 919% of jobs
-
NAICS 613% of jobs
-
NAICS 813% of jobs
-
NAICS 813% of jobs
-
Others0% of jobs
All of Québec
-
NAICS 5185% of jobs
-
NAICS 919% of jobs
-
NAICS 613% of jobs
-
NAICS 813% of jobs
-
NAICS 813% of jobs
-
Others0% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
College
DCS
in
electrotechnology
(Audiovisual)
Placement rate: 91.3%
8.7% of graduates pursue further studies
DCS
in
electrotechnology
(Computers
and
network)
Placement rate: 37.5%
59.4% of graduates pursue further studies
DCS
in
electrotechnology
(Telecommunications)
Placement rate: 66.1%
32.3% of graduates pursue further studies
DCS
in
techniques
de
production
et
de
postproduction
télévisuelles
(Production
télévisuelle)
Placement rate: 91.7%
DCS
in
techniques
de
production
et
de
postproduction
télévisuelles
(Postproduction
télévisuelle)
Placement rate: 84.4%
12.5% of graduates pursue further studies
DCS
in
technologies
sonores
Placement rate: 81.3%
12.5% of graduates pursue further studies
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Critical thought
- Active listening
- Result evaluation
- Monitoring operations
- Oral expression
- Reading comprehension
- Written expression
- Judgment and decision-making
- Solving complex problems
- Active learning
- Time management
- Information processing
- Troubleshooting
Abilities
- Awareness of issues
- Near vision
- Oral comprehension
- Written comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Information organization
- Deductive reasoning
- Speech recognition
- Speech clarity
- Inductive reasoning
- Selective attention
- Digital dexterity
- Written expression
- Colour perception and distinction
- Processing flexibility
- Distance vision
- Classification
- Idea generation
- Perception speed
- Visualization
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to adapt
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Capacity to work in a team
- Knowledge of telecommunications
- Sense of initiative
- Attention to detail
- Knowledge of computer science, digital and electronics
- Tolerance to stress
- Availability
- Knowledge of communication and media
Interests
- Work in the arts, culture, music, or leisure
- Make, build, install
- Work manually
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Official name of the NOC 5224
Broadcast technicians
Job titles
- Production switcher
- Broadcasting switcher
- Television switcher
- Broadcast engineer
- Mobile broadcasting equipment installer
- Transmitting operator
- Video transmission operator
- Video control operator
- Mobile broadcasting equipment operator
- Transmission studio control operator
- Video transmission studio control operator
- Transmitter operator
- Broadcasting control operator
- Broadcasting transmitter operator
- Master control room (mcr) equipment operator - broadcasting
- Radio broadcasting equipment operator supervisor
- Television broadcasting equipment operator supervisor
- Mobile radio broadcasting supervisor
- Master control room (mcr) technician - broadcasting
- Control room technician - broadcasting
- Regional transmitter technician
- Short-wave receiving station technician
- Broadcast maintenance technician
- Broadcasting technician
Skill type
Art, culture, recreation and sport
Last update: July 4, 2022
